Extension
It Starts With Us
Personal Development
4-H Health & Life Skills
R. Ford
Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours
Health 4-H Core Curriculum
How we live life is ever-changing but learning basic life skills is still as important as ever. Learning to practice healthy habits, select clothing to emphasize one’s best appearance, create and live within a budget, prepare nutritious meals safely, nurture children, create a safe and pleasant home environment, practice common courtesies, and form relationships with others—all of these skills are basic to everyday life. Many schools no longer include family and consumer sciences classes in the curriculum. Reality is that today’s youth and adults are busier than ever. Many of these basic life skills are not consistently taught to youth at home or at school. 4-H family and consumer sciences and health projects equip youth with these skills.
-Youth will be responsible and contributing individuals and family members.
-Youth will gain and maintain employment through life skill development.
-Youth will contribute to a safe, pleasant and productive home and family.
-Youth will maintain positive health habits.
-Youth are competent, capable, contributing adults as a result of their participation in 4-H Health programs.
-Youth will utilize and practice life skills in projects and life situations.
-Youth will project a positive image and self-confidence.
-Youth will practice responsible consumer and financial decision-making.
-Youth will practice healthy eating choices.
-Youth will make choices that lead to responsible and beneficial results.
-Youth will adopt healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress.
-Youth will gain knowledge and develop skills in Family & Consumer Sciences projects and programs.
-Youth will identify healthy lifestyle choices.
-Youth understand risky behaviors and their consequences.
-Youth identify healthy ways to handle stress.
-Youth understand the decision-making process.
Initial Outcome: Youth will identify healthy lifestyle choices
Indicator: Number of youth reported identifying healthy lifestyle choices.
Method: survey
Timeline: fall, spring
Intermediate Outcome: Youth will utilize and practice life skills in projects and life situations.
Indicator: Number of youth who reported that they showed another person how to do what they learned to do for themselves.
Method: survey, observation
Timeline: spring
Long-term Outcome: Youth will be responsible and contributing individuals and family members.
Indicator: Number of youth who demonstrate increased or routine use of life skills learned through 4-H in daily life.
Method: survey, observation
Timeline: all year
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Physical Activity
Content or Curriculum: (LEAP)Literacy, Eating and Activity for Primary
Inputs: Rowan County Schools or Day Care Centers
Date: Spring
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Activity
Content or Curriculum: 4-H National Health Month
Inputs: Elementary and Middle School
Date: February
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Activity
Content or Curriculum: SPARK Afterschool
Inputs: Morehead Parks & Recreation, local school systems
Date: summer day camp and school club lesson
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Project
Content or Curriculum: Babysitting
Inputs: Morehead Parks & Recreation, local school systems
Date: fall
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Project
Content or Curriculum: Consumer in Me & Dollars & Sense Program
Inputs: local school systems
Date: all year
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Activity
Content or Curriculum: BIZWorld
Inputs: Clearfield, Lakeside & Rodburn Schools
Date: March/April
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Activity
Content or Curriculum: Kids in the Kitchen
Inputs: Morehead Parks & Recreation, FYRC, Community Ed Director
Date: all year
Audience: High School Students
Project or Activity: Activity
Content or Curriculum: Dress for Success
Inputs: Rowan County Extension Office, Rowan County Senior High School and Community Ed
Date: all year
Audience: High School Students
Project or Activity: Activity
Content or Curriculum: Culinary
Inputs: Rowan County Extension Office, Rowan County Senior High School and Community Ed
Date: all year
Audience: Middle/High School Students
Project or Activity: Activity
Content or Curriculum: Truth & Consequences
Inputs: Rowan County Extension, Rowan County Schools, Community agencies
Date: spring
Author: Raven Ford
Major Program: Health 4-H Core Curriculum
Rowan County 4-H has added a new club for middle and high school students. The 4-H Youth Development agents from Rowan, Magoffin, Morgan and Elliott Counties wanted to provide more opportunities for the youth in their communities to explore the different areas in Kentucky. The 4-H Multi-County Outdoor Adventure club also teaches youth responsibility and promotes being active. The youth met once a month to demonstrate some sort of physical activity, observed/toured an educational facility and was
